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Brief of diving:
- More than half – 55% – of $ 3.55 million invested in construction technology in the first quarter of 2025 went to fund New generation and technology robotics enabled by artificial intelligenceCompared to less than 30% by 2024, according to a report by NYMBL Ventures, based in Chicago, a specialized risk capital company in the built world.
- The firm said that the metric was notable, when it was proposed that the larger venture of venture capital had only one 30% allocation to the AI, according to the report.
- In itself, AI was the winner of the quarter, 46% of the total number of investment dollars went to AI -enabled solutions, a significant increase of an average of 25% by 2024 and less than 20% by 2023, according to the report.
Divide vision:
The report divided funding into three categories:
- Tech Building: Solutions for developers, owners, operators, subscribers and runners of commercial, industrial and residential buildings, such as HVAC systems, structural components, digital twins and carbon management.
- Infrastructure Technology: All technologies related to the maintenance, management and optimization of horizontal assets such as bridges, roads, advanced manufacturing and public services.
- Construction technology: All technologies involved in the construction of vertical and horizontal assets that are eliminated at the end of a project, such as project management, field and labor; financing; preconstruction; and industrialized construction solutions.
Of the three categories, the construction technology segment was the only one that saw a year -on -year growth, according to the report. It increased by 46% compared to the same period of 2024 and 17% of the quarter. In contrast, investments in construction and infrastructure technology technology were significantly reduced, 58% and 29% per year, respectively, and 65% and 14% in the quarter.
Next to investments, growth funding rounds remained strong in the first quarter, with 47 subsequent offers in the series. This was second only in the fourth quarter of 2024, which saw that 53 offers of the B series and subsequent phase were closed, according to the report.
However, there were few exits, eight in general, following the volatility of the market and an uncertain economy, as the world joined with the Potential of rates Leaving the United States of these eight, seven had raised less than $ 15 million, and at least three of the companies were distressed. Last year there were 42 outings in general, According to nymbl. In other words, investors have chosen to stay in the sector, for the moment, except when their hands have been forced to deteriorate the conditions.
For the future, NYMBL Ventures forecasts that M&A activity will continue to be slow as investors and buyers expect economic uncertainty. Despite the prudent estimate, he said that the perspectives of the company’s environment are still strong.
“Risk debt, M&A in trouble and highly selective investment in startups in the initial and growth starters are likely to be emerging topics of Q2,” the report said.
